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Samson découvre la cause de sa force [print].

Accession number
PML 145500, plate 062
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1791]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 062, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving probably after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 3, p. 76 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 76".
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 137 x 89 mm: sheet: 147 x 95 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Samson asleep with his head lying on the lap of woman, who is holding a razor and looking to a man on her right. Another woman, to the left of Samson, is holding a pair of scissors.
Classification
Department